Amendments
What did the 19th Amendment do?
Give everyone the right to vote regardless of GENDER.
Define "lynching":
A lynching is the public killing of an individual who has not received any due process.
Describe Jim Crow laws:
Jim Crow laws were a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation.
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
Civil rights activist, famous "I Have a Dream" speech, baptist minister, prominent leader...
What organization did Cesar Chavez found?
National Farm Workers Association
Describe two types of protesting the Civil Rights Movement used:
Peaceful protests, sit-ins, traffic blockades, boycotting
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Abolished slavery.
Define "enfranchise":
Give the right to vote to.
Describe the Civil Rights Act of 1957:
It allowed federal prosecution of anyone who tried to prevent someone from voting. It also created a commission to investigate voter fraud.
Who were "The Little Rock 9"?
nine teens came to be known, were to be the first African American students to enter Little Rock's Central High School.
Describe the "National Women's Suffrage Association":
The NWSA advocated for a constitutional amendment to secure women's right to vote
What did "Brown v. Board of Education" accomplish?
the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What did the 15th Amendment do?
Prohibits the government from denying the right to vote based off their race, color or previous condition of servitude.
Define "black codes":
were strict local and state laws that detailed when, where and how formerly enslaved people could work, and for how much compensation.
Describe the Civil Rights Act of 1964:
The law guaranteed equal employment for all, limited the use of voter literacy tests and allowed federal authorities to ensure public facilities were integrated.
What part did Lyndon B. Johnson play in the Civil Rights Movement?
He signed the 64 Civil Rights Act and the 65 Voting Rights Act.
Describe what the "Freedom Riders" were:
Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Rides, bus trips through the American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals.
What did "Plessy v. Ferguson" accomplish?
established the "separate but equal" doctrine.
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Ensured equal protection under the law for all people.
Define "Civil Rights Movement":
a struggle for social justice aimed at achieving equal rights for African Americans and ending racial segregation and discrimination in the United States, culminating in landmark legislation and significant social change
Describe the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching law:
is a United States federal law which defines lynching as a federal hate crime, increasing the maximum penalty to 30 years imprisonment for several hate crime offences. To amend section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a hate crime act.
Who was W.E.B. DuBois?
civil rights activist, founder of NAACP, author that wrote against lynching and Jim Crow laws...
What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
increased wages and right to unionize.
What did the 24th Amendment do?
Made poll taxes illegal.
What term was initiated because of the Sit-Ins?
Black Power
Describe the Voting Rights Act of 1965:
The new law banned all voter literacy tests and provided federal examiners in certain voting jurisdictions.
Who is Jesse Washington?
Teen lynched in Waco.
CORE sent racially mixed groups of passengers on Freedom Rides to desegregate interstate buses.
What was the goal of Freedom Summer?
increase the number of black voters.